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This book aims to provide complex case-based learning in pleural medicine, an integral part of respiratory medicine. It delivers practical knowledge learned through the experience of leading international authorities. Each case comprises clinical history, investigations, diagnosis, management and detailed answers with discussion and key points.
List of contents
1. A post operative pleural effusion 2. Pleural effusion and chest pain in an elderly gentleman 3. A difficult to drain effusion 4. A recurrent and persistent effusion 5. To ambulate or admit? 6. Right sided pleural effusion in a young Nepalese man 7. Bilateral transudative effusions 8. Renal failure and pleural fluid 9. Management of pleural effusion in a patient with known liver disease 10. Pleural effusion and thickening after asbestos exposure 11. Recurrent effusion in a cyclist 12. Pleural thickening and effusion in a traveller 13. Recurrent effusion in a patient on amiodarone 14. A case of green pleural fluid 15. Pleural effusion in a patient with previous pancreatitis 16. Pleural effusion and abnormal bones 17. Pleural effusion in a patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia 18. An unusual pleural abnormality 19. Pneumothorax in chronic lung disease 20. Air in the wrong place 21. Recurrent chest pain in a young woman 22. An interesting case of recurrent pneumothoraces 23.
Post effusion drainage complication in a 86 year old gentleman 24. Chest pain in a 65 year old writer post pleural fluid aspiration 25. A simple pneumothorax?
About the author
Professor Najib M Rahman - Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Director of the Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford (Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK)
Dr Radhika Banka - Consultant Respiratory Physician at PD Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, India
Summary
This book aims to provide complex case-based learning in pleural medicine, an integral part of respiratory medicine. It delivers practical knowledge learned through the experience of leading international authorities. Each case comprises clinical history, investigations, diagnosis, management and detailed answers with discussion and key points.
